26-27 November 2011Casa 400Amsterdam Netherlandsquantifiedself.com#qs2011

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Program

Saturday November 26

8am Registration Coffee (Breakfast on your own)

9am University of Amsterdam 2/3/4 Gary Wolf: Conference welcome Yuri van Geest: Greetings Rain Ashford: Sensing Wearables

10 am Break

10:30 am Breakout Conversations 1 (page 5)

11:30 am Break, pick up lunch in Erasmus 1/2

12 pm Lunch and Ignite talks in University of Amsterdam 2/3/4 (page 11)

1:30 pm Breakout Conversations 2 (page 6)

2:30 pm Break

3 pm Breakout Conversations 3 (page 7)

4 pm University of Amsterdam 2/3/4 Steven Dean: For me and you and ! ! ! everyone we know - issues in designing! ! ! tools for the Quantified Self

5 - 6pm Erasmus 1/2 Reception (followed by no-host dinner at Casa400 restaurant)

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Sunday November 27

8am Coffee (Breakfast on your own)

9am University of Amsterdam 2/3/4 Interactive whole group session - come with an open mind and be ready to participate!

10 am Break

10:30 am Breakout Conversations 4 (page 8)

11:30 am Break, pick up lunch in Erasmus 1/2

11:45 am Lunch and Ignite talks in University of Amsterdam 2/3/4 (page 11)

1 pm Breakout Conversations 5 (page 9)

2 pm Break

2:30 pm Breakout Conversations 6 (page 10)

3:30–4:30 pm University of Amsterdam 2/3/4 Laurie Frick: The Art of Tracking

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Plenary SessionsLocation: University of Amsterdam 2/3/4

Saturday Morning9:00 am–10:00 am

Gary WolfConference welcome!Yuri van GeestAnnouncements and greetingsRain AshfordSensing Wearables: exploring sensors for wearable technology

Saturday Afternoon4 pm–5 pm

Steven DeanFor me and you and everyone we know - issues in designing tools for theQuantified Self

Sunday Morning9:00 am–10:00 am

Interactive whole group sessionCome with an open mind and be ready to participate!

Sunday Afternoon3:30 pm–4:30 pm

Laurie FrickThe Art of Tracking

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Breakout Session 1—Saturday 10:30 amShow & tell talks Butterfleye: Heart Rate Goggles Hind HobeikaLocation: University of Tracking with the Hacker Diet Amsterdam Jodi Schneider 2/3/4 Tracking/Improving my Lung Function Christian KleineidamModerator: Rajiv Mehta Lessons: a Year of Heart Rate Data Kiel Gilleade

Personal Data How do we give visual form to data, Visualization reveal patterns, and learn? We’ll show Steven Dean, Laurie exemplary work & demos, and start on and Mark Frick shaping and visualizing YOUR data. Location: U Amsterdam 1 Bring data on your laptop/iPad.

Hacking QS Devices What happens when you take apart a John Amschler Fitbit? What can you hack with Xygbee, Location: Oxford RFID, and Bluetooth? How far out are open monitoring hardware platforms?

Genomic Communities Many people are getting their DNAChia Hwu sequence and forming groups. ComeLocation: Stellenbosch discuss how to grow such communities

Mindfulness Pills! How can we prompt lasting behavior Nancy Dougherty change with sensors and chip-enabled Location: Sorbonne pills that track mood, diet, and other metrics. Mindfulness, placebo effect, and data collection will be explored.

Integrating Visualizations I will describe Innertube, a platform with Innertube to create visualization widgets in a Ian Li dashboard. We will look at code demos Location: Harvard on how to create visualization widgets, and have a coding session.

The Future of Everything The future of writing will be reading Sascha Pohflepp the data of our auto-autobiographies. Location: Heidelberg Will we be aware of the transition?

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Breakout Session 2—Saturday 1:30 pmShow & tell talks Experience Sampling of my Stress Ulrich AtzLocation: University of Sleep and Food: An Experiment Amsterdam Tim Vink 2/3/4 Moodscope and Body Blogging Ute KreplinModerator: Gary Wolf A Mobile Biofeedback System Giorgios Papastefanou

What To Learn From What can your data tell you about your Hidden Cell Phone Data relationships? Who do you call when Niels Schrader and you feel happy or sad? iYou is an open Bert Kommerij software project that visualizes your Location: Sorbonne communication habits on your iPhone.

Toolmaker Spotlight Toolmakers face the challenge ofRajiv Mehta, Denis developing unique tools for QSHarscoat, Joost Plattel, projects and viable business Julien Gautier models before self-tracking goesLocation: U Amsterdam 1 mainstream. Learn how they do it!

How to Use EEG for We will discuss available systems for Self-Experimentation consumers and hobbyists, how first Martin Sona hurdles can be overcome, and options Location: Heidelberg for data recording and analysis.

Wearable and The pros and cons of wearable Environmental Sensors environmental sensors. Let’s discuss Danielle Roberts the challenges: how can we make them Location: Stellenbosch reliable, less obtrusive, affordable?

Tracking Olfaction A vision of SCENTSORY design: mix Jenny Tillotson scent with wearables to reduce stressLocation: Harvard /insomnia and prevent bipolar relapse

Wisdom from Data How do we successfully turn huge Giorgo Baresi and Thomas amounts of data into a meaningful flowSutton of information to support people with Location: Oxford minimal noise to their lives and jobs?

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Breakout Session 3—Saturday 3 pmShow & tell talks Tracking What I Do in my Browser Gerald BackLocation: University of My App Development Process Amsterdam Victor Milton van Doorn 2/3/4 Triggering my Actions with Data Denis HarscoatModerator: Eri Gentry Feedback and Awareness: from Paleo to Creativity Marco van Heerde

Location Tracking Location is valuable (meta-)data. As aJoost Plattel frequent location-logger, I will showLocation: U Amsterdam 1 several cases and explore possiblities with the data generated.

QS and Relationships Quantification is not always about aJames Burke singular self. What happens if weLocation: Stellenbosch bring quantification into relationships? Open Questions on Best How can we more efficiently collect Pratices for QS data? What makes some data easier to Joachim Mortensen gather than others? What drives good Location: Oxford tracking habits? Can we track this too?

QS and Privacy How can we ensure privacy as we Jodi Schneider share our data stories? What rights Location: Heidelberg and responsibilities do we have? Where is the public-private boundary?

Mobile Biofeedback Let’s discuss devices which allow Systems ubiquituous feedback of any of theGeorgios Papastefanou physiological parameters. How are Location: Harvard they used and when they are effective?

Sleep Tracking What information about sleep is John Fass needed for behaviour change? How do Location: Sorbonne we relate to sleep-measurement technology? What does body-sensing mean for individuals and for society?

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Breakout Session 4—Sunday 10:30 amShow & tell talks Preventing Bipolar Relapse with smell Jenny TillotsonLocation: University of Monitoring Parkinson’s Symptoms Amsterdam Sara Riggare and Jon Stamford 2/3/4 Costs and Side Effects of Tracking Jazi ZilberModerator: Rajiv Mehta 1-leg Standing & Sleep Rajiv Mehta

Personal Data How do we give visual form to data, Visualization reveal patterns, and learn? We’ll show Steven Dean, Laurie exemplary work & demos, and start on and Mark Frick shaping and visualizing YOUR data. Location: U Amsterdam 1 Bring data on your laptop/iPad.

The Internet of Actions: Many self-tracking apps and sensors Using Data for Doing generate output that describe discrete Denis Harscoat actions. We will discuss perspectives Location: Sorbonne on this emerging "Internet of Actions".

Version Control Systems Software development uses versioning for Lifelogging to bring out new models. What impact James Burke might this have on people recording Location: Oxford changes in their lives with versioning?

Tracking Emotions at Work We will discuss several approaches Veronica Rivera and challenges to capturing emotions Location: Harvard at work, including mobile apps and sensors to support reflective learning.

Building a Tricorder Applying mobile, sensor and AI Walter de Brouwer and technology for automated medicalIvo Clarysse diagnosis. Using tracking technologyLocation: Stellenbosch for acute scanning purposes.

Dreams, Needles, Trance Hypnosis and acupuncture are Richard Ryan and Kristin ancient treatments for chronic health Prevallet challenges. We will discuss quantifying Location: Heidelberg the impact of integrative therapies.

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Breakout Session 5—Sunday 1:30 pmShow & tell talks How I Tracked Silence Danielle RobertsLocation: University of Social Anxiety vs. Fitness Tracking Amsterdam Lisette Sutherland 2/3/4 Using Sensor Patterns to Predict Addiction or Depression RelapseModerator: Gary Wolf Jan Peter Larsen Tracking Fatigue Matthew Bright

Objective vs. Subjective How can we successfully combine Self-Tracking objective and subjective data in a Giorgio Baresi and Thomas patient-centric approach to health Sutton care without overwhelming people Location: U Amsterdam 1 with extra work.

Building Habits Share your challenges, victories and Ioan Mitrea strategies in hacking your habits. Location: Sorbonne What tools are helpful? Do you have a routine that anchors your habits?

Productivity Tracking How long is that task going to take? Peter Robinett Was your estimate accurate? How canLocation: Stellenbosch this help me be more productive?

The Problem of Doing It! The main hurdle to self-tracking is not Jazi Zilber having an idea, but practically doing it.Location: Heidelberg How do we solve this problem?

Collaborating on a global How can we build a diary to track and freeware citizen diary share data and stories across cultural Kresten Bjerg and linguistic borders? I will show my Location: Harvard work and invite ideas about this goal.

QS Business Models Can QS be turned into business?Maarten den Braber Talking about value proposition,Location: Oxford customers and revenue models.

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Breakout Session 6—Sunday 3 pmShow & tell talks Food/Drink vs. Mood/Fitness Chia HwuLocation: University of Skin Cures Through Experimentation Amsterdam Martha Rotter 2/3/4 My Sleep: WakeMate vs. FitBit vs. Zeo Florian SchumacherModerator: Eri Gentry How To Induce Lucid Dreaming Marcin Kowrygo

Cracking Behavior Change Can self-tracking help change Steven Dean and Ernesto behavior? We’ll discuss neuro-Ramirez linguistic programming, positive andLocation: U Amsterdam 1 negative visualization, and rewards.

Empathic Design We will discuss the idea of empathic Sarah Lewington and design being a sustainable outcome of Michelle Hughes consumer-centred collaborative Location: Sorbonne research. Part of a Unilever project.

Measuring Cognitive How can we objectively measure our Performance mental capacity? What are the Christian Kleineidam alternatives? What can we hope to Location: Oxford learn from the measurements?

Biphasic Sleep and Neural oscillations of the brain show Neurofeedback that it is complex and malleable. Let’sEd Dench discuss how neurofeedback training Location: Harvard and sleep can change our brains.

A Programmable World Join us to (a) map current QS tools, Kwela Hermanns apps & projects and (b) dream up the Location: Heidelberg apps we need but don’t yet have. We’ll do rapid prototyping in 4 scenarios.

Games For Health Games are becoming a tool for solving Alex Gekker real world issues. We will discuss the Location: Stellenbosch exciting possibilities in merging self- tracking and game technologies, from exergaming to rehabilitation.

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Lunchtime Ignite TalksUniversity of Amsterdam 2/3/4

Saturday Sunday

The impact of self-tracking The "Daily Gratitude Exercise:"on empathic design and a systematic approach tomarket research grateful thinkingSarah Lewington and Alen FaljićMichelle Huges Insights from The Four HourWhat's wrong with diet Body Appsoftware? Farid BehniaKen Snyder Linking consumer devices toFlight tracking prevent behavioral diseasesAndrew Hessel Jochen Meyer

Open-source neurofeedback Lessons from quantifyingOpenEEG experiments behavior in obesityAndreas Sedlmeier Olivia Affuso

My experience with a How self-tracking influencessmartphone brainscanner your environment from aJakob Larsen different perspective Kees PlattelAsthmapolisSteven Dean Prototype freeware citizen diaryVisualization of data in a Kresten Bjerg learning and self-reflection context Design considerations forJose Luis Santos, Sten personal informatics toolsGovaerts, and Erik Duval Ian Li

Boozerlyzer - Tracking your brain on booze Caspar Addyman

(talks may be cancelled or added under the influence of serendipity)

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Sponsors Thank You...Primary Conference Sponsor to our great volunteers! Joost Plattel Farid Behnia James Burke Martijn Aslander Yuri van Geest John AmschlerLead Conference Sponsors Matthew Bright Steve Dean Denis Harscoat Ian Li Jelle Akkerman Rajiv Mehta Robin Barooah Ernesto Ramirez Chia Hwu Bo Adler Kees Plattel Eri Gentry Brie Bunge

Annual Quantified Self Sponsors

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Conference Map and Restaurants

--------Casa 400 has a restaurant and bar for breakfast and dinner. See more details at http://www.casa400.nl/. Or go nearby:

Canvas op de 7e: http://www.canvas7.nl/

Ibssa: Ethiopian: http://www.iens.nl/restaurant/991/amsterdam-ibssa†

Ijsbreker: Brasserie : http://www.iens.nl/restaurant/1268/amsterdam-de-ysbreeker

Dauphine: Brasserie: http://www.iens.nl/restaurant/21408/amsterdam-dauphine

Trouw Amsterdam: Modern Eclectic:  http://www.iens.nl/restaurant/26677/amsterdam-trouwamsterdam

French: http://www.iens.nl/restaurant/62/amsterdam-contra-73

Italian: Pizzeria: http://www.iens.nl/restaurant/30481/amsterdam-mangiassai

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